Iran supplied its drones to Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian intelligence. This is evidenced by the details of the drones, from which it is clear that they were manufactured later than February 24, 2022.
“The propeller of the Mohajer-6 drone was only made in February of this year. It's just done. And it also took time to deliver it to the Russian Federation. That is, they were delivered this year, ”explains the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
Iranian drone Mohajer is assembled from parts produced in different countries, most of them in the United States. The drone also has an Austrian engine and a Japanese camera. “We did not find any Russian elements here. One element has an inscription in Farsi (modern Persian has the status of an official language in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan),” the intelligence official said.
Russia regularly bombards Ukraine with Iranian drones. At the same time, both Russia and Iran deny the supply of drones.
In October, Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies and member of the public council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on the air of the RBC program, asked the hosts not to “rock the boat” and not to focus on drones from Iran, because “this is a classic of stories – there is an ass, but no words, we all know that they are Iranian, but the authorities do not recognize them.” Obviously, Pukhov did not understand that he was already on the air.
On October 20, the European Council in record time agreed on sanctions against Iran for the supply of drones to Russia. They include freezing the assets of three individuals and one legal entity responsible for delivering the drones. They will also apply to four Iranian organizations that have already appeared in the previous sanctions list.